Arron

Hi everyone,
It's a while before we fly but we received the flight tickets the other week.
Thing is, the tickets state the departure time of 11.45am which was the original time, but we received a letter yesterday to inform us that the new departure time is 20.00pm.
What do i do now ? are the tickets i have invalid ?
The bloke at the travel shop is as thick as pig s**t, and is not sure what to do .
I'll probably phone Malaysian in the morning, just wondered if this has happened to any of you peeps.

Arron.

lucyb

YES THE TIX ARE VALID AS LONG AS FLIGHT NUMBERS ARE THE SAME.....BUT i WOULD PHONE mh JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK ACTUAL FLIGHT TIME! GET IT STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH! Sorry! Didnt mean to shout..caps lock on!

sassie

Hi Arron. I wouldn't worry too much. Your tickets would still be valid. I just checked the Malaysian web site, and based onthe info i gathered from your posting, searched Manchester to Adelaide (via Kuala Lumpur) on 30th Dec and the only time that comes up is 20.00 pm. I would probably just phone Malaysian to be on the safe side anyway, and confirm that you are booked on that flight. let us know how you get on.

newkiwi

Phone up the airline with your details. Your tickets should still be valid,

Might be that you need to be at the airport a little longer beforehand and go to the airline's ticket sales/ service desk at the airport as a worst case scenario.

Best to phone up the airline

Arron

Hi,
Phoned Malaysian Airlines today and they were quite shocked to here that the travel company said i'd be OK using the same tickets.
The Airline told me i had to return the tickets, and be re-issued with ones showing the correct time

The travel company are standing by what they told me,( to just turn up at the check-in desk) and so are the airline

So what the Bloody hell do i do now???????

Arron

sassie

It doesn't sound right to me, as we have turned up for flights before now at different times to what was on the ticket.

Did you ask Malaysian which flight you were booked on and confirmed the departure time?

If you are definitely booked on the 20.00 flight, for peace of mind, i would probably send them back and have them re-issued. assuming you are not flying until 30th dec, theres plenty of time

mlbonner

I'm with Sassie on this one - one of my flights, Christchurch to Brisbane I think, was changed by so much the date was even different. I still had my original ticket as apparently the flight number was the same. Have you tried checking the flight number against what's on the website??

Arron

Yep,
Everythings exactly the same except for the departure time.

mlbonner

Difficult when you're being told two different things - maybe call up Malaysian Airlines at the airport you're going to and ask them. Afterall they'll be the people who'll be there on the day.

I can only tell you from previous experience though that I have been fine with tickets not on the right date. Oh and I've just realised, a week on Monday I fly to Brisbane and my ticket is dated the 15th May If I have a problem I'll let you know, but I called Thai up to change the date (I booked a return from Australia and had no idea how long I'd be here originally!) and they said I didnt need new tickets as it was all computerised!!!! We'll soon see

Arron

I think i'll just get the tickets renewed by the travel company, after all i have plenty of time, but want it sorted ASAP, for piece of mind at least.